Aussie GPs are managing high and increasing rates of skin cancers

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Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD

Nodular melanoma. Attribution: Melanoma Institute Australia

An Australian study of GP consultations has found high and increasing rates of people seeing their GPs for skin cancer-related conditions. The study also found GPs were managing a wide range of conditions with the most common being solar keratosis, a precancer that forms on skin damaged by chronic exposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun. Skin cancer-related visits were higher for patients who were older, male and living in outer regional/remote regions or more disadvantaged areas.

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Organisation/s: The University of Sydney, The University of New South Wales, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), The University of Melbourne, The University of Queensland

Funder: This work is supported by a project grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC; 1165936). AEC receives an NHMRC Investigator Fellowship (2008454). CH receives an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship (1163058).

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